abayʉ

Yavimi ababi mʉre.


abeyʉ

Jʉeðova jʉtʉrare abeðama.
The children are eating the fariña by the handful.


joroðayʉ

Jipocamia ñʉje nomiva joroðaima.

In the past our women made clay appliances.


joyʉ

Ʉ̃ jorĩ jajovayʉbe.

float (swimming or sitting in a floating canoe).


cojʉjovayʉ

Jʉeðocʉ oyʉre teiyabeare jíni cojʉjovabi.

He made a crying child stop crying by giving them candy.

pacify, calm (pains, storms, fights, but not wars).

Veavʉare jatʉóiye báquede cojʉjovabico.


obedinʉñʉ

Ãvʉé yainí, caivʉ obedinʉimaða.

They say that when they were hungry everyone moved at the same time.


coðaivʉ

Pẽoibʉ coðavʉ.

go out, turn off (for candles, lamps, engines, recorders, stoves)


coboivʉ

Ʉjʉrʉ̃mʉ vea coboiyavʉ̃.

mature, ripen (of grains: corn, rice, barley, wheat and similar things).


bajuteivʉ

Buraino mácarõ bajutevʉ yʉre.


jatayʉ

Jiare jatajacʉ jiaðocũque.


dureyʉ

Yópe cʉiba durejaco.

Muturu ãmeteiye boje durecʉyʉme.

Because the engine doesn't work he is going to break it down.


chĩteñʉ

/t͡ʃĩˈtejɨ̃/

Ʉ̃ cʉ̃rabore chĩtemi jãðoidʉque.
He broke the stone with a mallet.

mash, crush, crumble (can be done with cassava, seeds, fish, stones, soil and fruits).


jajʉóyʉ

Jʉtʉra jajʉóðobe õ.

sift (of flour so to remove the core of the cassava).


vaivéyʉ

Poðare vaivéðobe.


cʉreyʉ

Cʉiba doarĩ cʉrevʉ yʉ.


yayʉjovacʉ

Cajedocʉ yayʉjovabi.

to be very ugly, unpleasant, smelly, dirty or terrible.


tubacʉ

Ãcabo cavabʉi cãri tubacʉbe.

The mountain redfish rests asleep on a branch.

to perch, to sit (generally of birds and animals; humans in special cases).


tubacʉ

Tãramacũre tubabeima nomiva.

carry, use, put on (of a crown or a headdress).


jãpiáñʉ

Pichana ãinore jecʉcʉ jãpiámi yʉre.

The cat who is stingy with his food scratched me.


mʉvañʉ

Ʉ̃mʉcajaraðore mʉvavʉ.

to lift, to raise, to carry up, make rise (as in lifting an antenna or a rat carrying pieces of cloth to its nest in the roof).


jãpiápañʉ

Pare ãcʉrini cṹcorovare jãpiápañʉme ʉ̃.

He scratches a lot where his chilblains itched.


mujaðayʉ

Jʉeðojĩnare mujaðaibico népaco jioi ne nʉrajiye jipocai.

The mother paints her little children with red dye before taking them to the farm.


ẽmeóvañʉ

Òrecũare burarĩ bʉojarĩ, ẽmeóvami ʉ̃.

He put down the bunch of bananas after cutting it.


duivʉ

Yavimi parayʉre mamʉrʉa durĩ coedavavʉya.

They say that when the umaris fell because of their own weight they woke up the dog.


jãmʉóñʉ

/xãbɨ̃ˈojɨ̃/

Bueipõeva madera jãmʉóivʉbu jabʉóvaijãravʉre.


cocorovayʉ

Uchicʉ cocorovabi yʉre.


popovayʉ

Popovaivʉ pãucʉ yacʉricʉre.


doayʉ

Õ jʉoiyede doarĩ me majicobe ãmuvede, tõarʉre máre.

She knows well how to give injections in both the arm and the buttock.

to puncture, to inject (puncture with a needle, a thorn or similar).

Camichare doajaco míyocʉre.


doayʉ

Cʉibare doabico.


mamayaboivʉ

Marzo baji mamayaboiyavʉ̃ Ijiyare.
In March the rivers rise for the first time in the Vaupés.

to flood, to raise the water level (for the first time).


cójʉjeovayʉ

Muiñucarʉre cójʉjeovacʉbe ũmu.

Evidently the green conoto made the cumare thread tangled.


javateyʉ

Javateyʉbe quĩ́jinora cãrijini dápiayʉ.

He feeds himself a little eagerly thinking about doing something.


jãðatʉyʉ

Õ naðañʉre jãðatʉbico.


oejĩñʉ

Pare oejĩvʉ yʉ didoáre.

to feel sorry, to feel disappointment (such as losing your shoes, a big fish, or a loved one)


cõjʉñoñʉ

/kõˈxɨjõjɨ̃/

Parituyo ẽnuyo bácarõre cõjʉñoino mávʉ, pẽorajiye jipocai.

Using a wet match, rub it in your hands before lighting.


dʉreyʉ

Yavimine jobore dʉrevʉ.


juayʉ

Jiobare juavʉ.


dapuyʉ

Ũcuiye ũcuñʉ mácʉ upiáe dapuyʉbe ʉ̃.

The one who drank chicha exhales a sour smell.


juyʉ

Borica doriñʉre jurãjarama.
The guaracúes are going to enter the trap.


mecacʉ

Moacʉ mecatebi.


ẽmʉñʉ

Jia yaborĩ ẽmʉvʉ, earãjivʉ jívacʉi cʉ̃rami.

We climbed over the flooded part to reach my son-in-law's house.


ʉcʉ

Yʉre yapibʉ ijié boje ãinore ʉbevʉ.

I don't want food because my stomach hurts.


jurajẽoñʉ

Jurajẽorama cʉ̃́va.


pẽpejeñʉ

Pãucʉre pẽpejevʉ.

to fold (of clothes, hammocks, blankets, paper)


meajojayʉ

Nomiva meajojarãnʉivʉbu macarõi.

The women go to the mountains to remove ants from their nests.

to remove ants (use a long grass stalk to remove ants from their nests)


pẽvañʉ

Ʉ̃ jiaðocũre pẽvañʉme.
He crushes the canoe.

Ãðamateivʉ pẽvaðama na.

pẽvari yajuidʉ


javeyʉ

Ijimarare javeðaima na.


toivayʉ

Cʉ̃rami jʉribare toivacʉñʉmu.

I'm going to paint the front wall of the house.


toivayʉ

Paperayocare jipacʉre toivavʉ yʉ.


jẽoñʉ

Chĩ́nabojʉare jẽoivʉbu.

to add, to tie, to hang (e.g., tying straw to the roof of the house or a beam to a stick).

Cuitótecajede jẽomico.


ũmetʉyʉ

“Mi cʉbobare burarĩ jarʉvaiye jaʉvʉ”, jʉoipõecʉ ʉ̃i aiyede ãðai cũimʉ mácʉre, ũmetʉavʉ̃ya ʉ̃́re.

They say that when the doctor told him that he would have to amputate his foot because of the snake bite, he became depressed.


ñavañʉ

Ji borojapiaibore ñavaquemavʉ.


jãñʉvañʉ

Jãñʉvaivʉ abucuyare yaimeque.
I'm girding a balay with rattan.


nacajañʉ

“Ecojacʉ” arĩ, nacajari nʉri, ñʉaca davavʉ.

Telling him “Go on,” I stood up and brought a bench.


boropateyʉ

Ocore boropateibi ʉ̃́cachĩa.

It's going to rain, but you don't pay attention and you get wet.

Yavimi moare ãiyede mímacʉ boropateibi, cʉ̃ramine ʉ̃i biebe boje.

Your son is to blame for the dog eating the fish, because he didn't close the door.


yaricʉ

Bórarʉ yarivʉ yʉre. Jẽmevʉ yʉ.


paivʉ

Vaibó diyare jocʉcʉa paivʉ.


mavañʉ

Yaiyʉ́ bácʉre mavarama na.

Evidently they brought the dead man along the trail.

to bring, to carry (going up a trail or from a port).


jacoyʉyʉ

Bʉcʉva jacoyʉbema ñʉjare cãreja.


põeivʉ

Dibʉ põevʉ́.

to overflow (a container with water, oil, or other liquid).


vʉ̃tʉivʉ

Tuipãva vʉ̃tʉrebu.


tóroðayʉ

Õ pecare jevarĩburu yóbo tóroðabico.

She made a bundle of firewood after collecting it.

to bundle (to tie a bundle, make a bundle of something).


jaijacoyʉ

Jíyocʉmaque jaijacorãjivʉbu.

My younger brother and I are going rope fishing for bass.


ijibejarayʉ

Ʉ̃i carovede ji jarʉvaiye báque boje ijibejarabi yʉre jipacʉ.

My father scolded me without being angry because I lost his machete.


jinitʉyʉ

Ĩmarore churarva jinitʉyama.


jatʉtovayʉ

Moacaðavare jatʉtovacʉbe jipacʉ.

My father evidently put the firewood under the fish trellis.

Moacaðavare jatʉtobico jimamico.

My older sister put the firewood under the fish trellis.

to move pieces of firewood when the fire is lowered (usually long pieces of firewood are placed in a star shape coming out of the fire that are used for cooking or to heat the house during the night)


pacoteyʉ

Uparĩ pacotequemavʉ.

When they danced they evidently got drunk.


pʉrʉbʉoyʉ

/pɨˈɾɨbɨojɨ/

Torojʉve teinʉmʉ bojʉvʉ pʉrʉbʉoðaima.

Young people usually get married on holidays.

to marry (lit.: hand-tying; a non-indigenous ceremony that legalizes marriage; usually done in a church).


vãreñʉ

Vãreimi tãuyore, diyore ĩcʉyʉ.

He is turning the lace around to get it out.

to spin, to turn with a crank, to shake (such as a pole so that it comes out of the ground)


ʉ̃roteyʉ

Yavimi mácʉ ʉ̃rotebi jiai.


cojayʉ

Maje ãriburu yóboi, cojaivʉbu.

After eating, we rinse our mouths and wash our hands.


ñóvañʉ

Mi edaquiye jipoca nópe ñóvavʉ yʉ.

Before you arrived I dreamed of your arrival.


jãðoñʉ

Tãuyore jãðoñʉme.


boayʉ́

Yavimine boajácʉ, ãuro ñavañʉre.

Yʉ vecʉre boacácʉ õpoñʉque.

Bojʉvʉ biurabʉare boarĩ́ yʉriaivʉbu.

to play (musical instruments that have strings and drums)


ẽ́ñʉ

Õi ãmuve aru pẽ́vai ẽ́quemavʉ.

Evidently she burned her arm and the side of her face.


dupinʉñʉ

Jocʉcʉa jẽneboi dupinʉcʉbe taque.

Evidently the capuchin monkey went to hide among the trees.


cʉ̃oroyʉ

¿Júcʉre cʉ̃oroji?


jújijacoyʉ

Jíyocʉmaque jújijacorãjivʉbu.

My younger brother and I are going to fish for calochi with nylon.


cojejeyʉ

¿Pedicore cojejecoðoba õ?

cool (of a liquid, manicure or other hot liquids, by removing a little and pouring it back into the container, repetition of the action indicated by the repeated syllable)


coricõpavañʉ

Ijibore yeorĩ, coricõpavañʉme.

When shelling the pineapple he is dividing it into two equal parts.

to divide in two, to split in two (equal parts, cane, fruits, and firewood).


jiocuyʉ

Jipaco jiocuyo báco nainúta edabico.

My mother arrived late from working on the farm.


jacotʉyʉ

Buʉre jacotʉrĩ õpoboavʉ.

I shot and killed the guara after cutting him off.

to intercept, to impede, to cut off, to stop (intercept or impede by cutting or blocking the escape route and catching it; from a thief, a deer and similar beings)

Biacʉare jipaco jacotʉbico cʉ̃rami yeba cʉede, cáyuva ne ãmenajiyepe aðo.

My mother planted the chili plants around the house to protect them from the chickens that like to eat the chili peppers.

Jacotʉrĩ pupuyʉbe duica ijié jẽmequiyepe ayʉ.

He is blowing to surround people with protection against contagious diseases.

to blow in order to protect (an invisible circle of magical protection against diseases and shaman curses).


jaiyʉ́

Tʉ̃recajede jainí cuyacʉñʉme ʉ̃.

Throwing a towel over his shoulder he goes to take a bath.

to throw some cloth over your shoulder, place some cloth over your hand (clothes, a towel, a blanket or similar things).


jápuracʉ

Pérererere cʉ́rʉrʉrʉrʉ, jápuracʉnʉiyavʉ õpotʉino.

Vʉicũ joai jápuravʉ aru míjicʉ caðajĩe jápurabi.

A plane sounds in the distance and a bird sounds nearby.

to make noise, to sound (of the noise itself).


matʉivʉ

Cõaiñʉaque õi jatʉóiye moa matʉvʉ̃́ya.

They say that the pots she cooked with only had fish.

to be complete (all of the same kind, not mixed).


buiyʉ́

Õ õi pʉede buicóbe cõjaque.
She evidently filled her basket with patabá.


decoĩñʉ

Mʉre decoĩyʉvʉ yʉ.

to take a photo (lit. take spirit/reflection)


japʉyoyʉ

Ma cʉbenore japʉyorĩ nʉvʉ ñʉja.

We were breaking the branches and bushes to open a trail.

to open a trail (in the mountains with your hands when breaking small branches and bushes)


yajuyʉ

Tãri yajuidʉre yajuivʉbu.


miaðóñʉ

Boricare miaðóimi.
He is killing guaracúes at night with zagaya.

to fish with a zagaya (at night, lighting on the banks).


ñájiñʉ

Eobʉquede ñájiñʉme ʉ̃.
He is suffering from malaria. ñájine ðayʉ punish, make suffer, persecute.

Pãmivare ñaradaviva ne yebacateiye báquede ñájine ðarejaquemavʉ pare.

When the whites had the indigenous people as slaves, they made them suffer a lot.

to suffer, to work very hard, to endure deprivation


pĩaivʉ

Jocʉcʉa máre pĩaivʉ jiavʉi.


tótʉyʉ

Ma tótʉvʉ majare; tótʉvʉ maja.

We ran out of trail; we reached the limit.


jabʉyʉ

to stalk, to ambush, to hunt by stalking (generally the complement is prefixed to the verb; it means waiting for the prisoner to pass)

Javede maje mauvare teivʉ majeñecuva mácavʉ cʉ̃ramine tarabʉi jabʉrejaquemavʉ, ne boabénajiyepe aivʉ.

Previously when our enemies came our ancestors surrounded the house to protect the residents.

to surround (to besiege or to protect a place)


cʉyecʉ

Mʉre cʉyevʉ yʉ.


coyʉ

Moa obedivʉ corãma cobobʉi ñamine.

During the night many fish evidently entered the trap.

to enter (a house, a trap, a hole, a river).

Duicacacʉ corĩ bíjabiya ẽnoare.

They say a man down the river drowned yesterday.


mevamevacʉ

Yavi mevamevacʉbe.


coricõpapeñʉ

Pʉedʉre cobarĩ coricõpapeñʉme, abucuya baquinóre ðacʉyʉ.

He is splitting the yarumo to make a basket.


copediyʉ

Ĩmarore jã́ri copediyʉbu.


copʉyʉ

Mái nʉñʉ, jiacocʉre copʉvʉ yʉ.


ãmecʉ

Bʉbʉco ãmecobe.

to be ugly, to be bad, to be unpleasant, to be useless, of no use.


jarapopeyʉ

Mamacʉre jarapopeðobe jípaco.

The mother punishes her son by hitting him several times.

Pacoteyʉ apecʉre jaropopeameða õpoñʉque.

They say that while he was drunk, he hit the other man several times with his weapon to punish him.


chĩoñʉ

Chĩoivʉ yʉ mi nʉquiyede.


toaijiðayʉ

Yʉ ãinore toaijiðaðo batevʉ́.

Cáyuco toajiðaibico mamajinare.


cãrijimecʉ

Memeniburu yóboi, cʉ̃rami edarĩ, cãrijimemi.

Boaipõeva ne cʉru, cʉ̃rami upacʉ õpoñʉ cʉvacʉ, ʉ̃́jivʉre cãrijimene ðayʉbe.

If there are guerrillas, and the owner of the house has a weapon, his people will have peace.


naiñóvañʉ

Ñʉjare naiñóvami ʉ̃, vaijʉrorivʉre.

We wanted to stop by but he invited us to spend the night.

Ñʉjeñecu ñʉjare naiñʉovami ʉ̃i yebai.

Our grandfather invited us to spend the night at his house.

to make an overnight stay, invite an overnight stay.


tãumovañʉ

Oco ecoru cʉ̃rami, ji cʉvede tãumovaquijivʉ yʉ.

If the rain comes into the house, I will move my things to the center.


tãumovañʉ

Yapitãcuvei cʉrivʉ bácavʉ tãumovaquemavʉ Mitúi.
Those who lived in Yapima evidently moved to Mitú.

to move (from the jungle to a town, from a channel to a river).


cójijiyʉ

Jabova cójijiquemavʉ Mitúi.
Evidently the leaders met at Mitú.


ãmidoyʉ

Ʉjʉá coapa pai dayʉ, jʉeðojĩnare ãmidoyʉbe.

Every year a priest comes and names/baptizes the little children.

to name, give a name, put a name, baptize in the Catholic Church.


ãrojacʉ

Mi cuitótecaje ji cuitótecajepe ãrojavʉ.


jatʉóyʉ

Nomiva cõjare jatʉórãma na.
The women evidently cooked the patabá fruit.

to cook, to boil (what women usually do, i.e. probably “boil”; used by men when heating tar; men do not boil food; women boil water).


docʉðayʉ

Docʉðare cuiye ji pãucʉre ðabejacʉ. Tʉ̃rejacʉ mi cʉbobare.

Don't dirty my hammock with dirty feet. Clean them.


cũcuñʉ

Cṹcorova cũcuma yʉre.

to itch, to twitch (with the sensation of a sore).

Yavimi cũcumiya.

to bite several times (repetition of the action indicated by the repeated syllable).


cojoðoyʉ

Jʉeðojĩcʉre ũeca bieino mácarõ cojoðorĩ, ẽñu bíjavʉ ʉ̃́re.

When the little boy's nose was unblocked, he was cured of the flu.

to untie, to uncover, to undo, to unravel, to unblock.


jurãñʉ

Jurãmetevʉ yʉre cuturu.

Jũraimico mamaco, bueiyʉbebico.

My daughter is unwilling to study; she does not want to study.

to be reluctant, to be unwilling, to be lazy.


pãivʉ

Ji joecʉ pãvʉ.

to break (of instruments for cutting and rowing).


póayʉ

Ne baju póaivʉ bateimá jʉeðova.


daeteyʉ

Moa cõaiñʉre daeteðobe õ.

She is taking the pot of fish off the stove.

Moa cõaiñʉre daitebico.


yavayʉ

Veaborʉ yavaiyame.

The jacun goes to the surface of the river to eat.

to emerge, to come to the surface (of fish that rise to the surface to eat).


cʉyojacʉ

Põeva obedivʉ jẽneboi ũcuñʉ mácʉ cʉyojacʉ baibi.

He feels ashamed for having had a drink in front of many people.


jarʉreyʉ

Tãibʉi corʉiyede jarʉredejacarã.

Some time ago we pulled up and threw away the weeds in the yard.


ñʉivʉ

Churi ñʉvʉ yʉre.


jevʉcʉcʉ

Joecʉ jevʉcʉvʉ.

to be sharp (of knives, glass and similar).


jãpʉriñʉ

/xãˈpɨɾijɨ̃/

Jocʉcʉi jãpʉriñʉmu yʉ.


turuyayʉ

Turuyavʉ yʉ tãujivede, que baru cobabetevʉ cũaðore.

I twisted my knife and that's why I didn't break the bone.


cõmoáñʉ

Õ ãurore cõmoámico.

to overturn, to turn over (casabe, canoes).


jabʉóvayʉ

Ʉetʉyʉ jabʉóvacacʉ.


ãuyaiyʉ

Guajiracavʉ ãuyaivʉbu, ocabe boje ne joborõi.

The people of La Guajira are dying of hunger, because it does not rain in their land.


jãjamecʉ

Pare ocavʉ ichumana, que baru joborõ mecarõ jãjamevʉ.

Because it rained a lot this week the ground is very soft.


tõtovañʉ

Cʉibare tõtovaðomu otecoðo.

to crumble, to break into pieces (sticks or manioc stem to plant it; reduplication indicates a continuous or repeated action).


coaivʉ

Ijiya coavʉ.
The Vaupés river was lowered.

Coaivʉ yʉre jipocoro.

I live at the head of a stream that dried up.

to dry up, to lower (of rivers and streams).


tãñʉ

Yajuidʉre tãivʉbu jʉeðova.


yʉyo

Upaiyede yʉibico cũináco nomió.

A woman is shouting to accompany the music during a dance.

to shout (f. subj.; at dances, loudly and for several hours, to accompany the music).


jaboáyʉ

Moare burarĩ bʉojarĩ jaboáibico jatʉócoðo.

She is putting the pieces of fish into a pot to cook them.

Curidide jaboávʉ yʉ.

to fish for catfish with a long rope and a stone sinker in the middle so it stays close to the river bottom.

Jipaco jaboárĩ epeðobe ñʉje cuitótecajeare tuipãvai õi memeconʉcojiye jipocai.

My mom left our clothes to soak in the port before going to work.

Jiaðocũre jaboácarã jʉtʉrare ñʉje aðarãjiye jipocai.
We floated the canoe before loading it with fariña.


jedocʉ

Ji jevʉ jedovʉ.

to be rough, to be coarse (made of leather, wood and similar).


parʉðayʉ

Vitamina ijimʉre parʉðaquiyebu.


yapijãmʉiñʉ

Yavimi mamajina jĩvari jayʉóimara yapijãmʉini yaiyáima.

The puppies of a dog that eats everything, getting filled with bad air, die.

to have bad air, to be filled with bad air.


teyʉ

Memeiyede dʉibajĩena tebi ʉ̃.

Cãricarʉre tévaivʉ yʉ.

to suck, to slurp (of certain fruits and candies).


jijecʉcʉ

Nócavʉre jijecʉbi; cõmeimaða ʉ̃i jiore.

He is angry with the people there; They say they stole the cassava from his farm.

(stative) to be brave, to be fierce, to be angry, to be malicious, to be meticulous.


nʉñʉ

Nʉñʉmu; copaidabecʉbu.


coðeóvayʉ

Pʉe javecapʉeque cʉide nʉvariduaðo, ipʉéde coðeóvabico.

When she tried to carry the cassava into an old basket, she caused the basket to break.

to break, to tear (of cloth, of windows, of bark, of shoes, of paper).


jipocateyʉ

Jabocʉi mácʉ ñʉjare jipocateame Mitúi nʉimai.
The captain's son guided us when we went on the trail to Mitú.


bojeẽmeovañʉ

Ji cʉraidoare bojeðaipõecʉre bojeẽmeovacacʉ yʉ.


chĩ́jañʉ

/ˈt͡ʃĩxajɨ̃/

Ji yóvaimʉ chĩ́javaibi yʉre.

My friend always looks for me to accompany him.

to accompany, to provide good companionship (indicates mutual affinity; it does not have to be used between relatives but with anyone).


yapibʉcʉyʉ

Ãme ãiye ãivʉ, yapibʉcʉyaima.

After eating bad food, they have bad air.


etejʉcʉ

Me etejʉvʉ dicʉ.

to have a good smell (of food, flowers and similar).


tapivʉ

Naðañʉ tapivʉ.

to drip (of sweat, roofs, engines, taps, cold-suppressors, rain).


toyʉ

Mai nʉri, cʉ̃rabora tocacʉ.

Walking along the trail, I tripped over a rock.


toayʉ

Ñapabore toarĩ boavʉ́ yʉ.

I killed a peacock bass by shooting an arrow.

to throw, to shoot (something long, like a stick, a machete, a spear, an arrow).


cʉocayʉ

Cava cʉocayʉbe jocʉjaravʉi.

The vulture sunbathes on a leafless tree.


cʉrojayʉ

Ãme ãiye ãriburu, cʉrojaibi ʉ̃.

After eating something rotten, he gets bad breath.

Yavimi ãme jiarʉre ãnʉ mácʉ cʉrovabi.

The dog that ate rotten meat suffered from bad air.


yʉrʉyʉ

Jãja moacʉre jã́ñʉ yʉrʉiyame.

When the kingfisher sees a fish he hovers over it.


cʉrajʉcʉ

Mi cʉboba cʉrajʉvʉ.


coriburayʉ

“Idʉre coriburajacʉ”, abico népaco, coapavaicõjeðo.

“Cut this fruit in half,” said the mother, ordering them to share equal pieces.